Dog Bite Info and U.S.Postal Service Info(Quoted from National Canine
Research Council-Google andClick on Dog Bites)

[quote]..The United States Post Office has been dealing with dogs and
dog bites to its employees since the first mailman walked onto a dog owners
property. Dog bites to mail carriers are an occupational or work-related
injury. Therefore, the number of dog related-injuries cannot be considered
under-reported and U.S.P.S. data on the number of mail carrier reporting dog
bites is to be considered consistently reliable. Corresponding with other dog
bite data from throughout the nation, the number of mail carriers bitten by dogs
over the past three decades has significantly decreased:...[/quote]